I haven't seen any commentary about the similarity of the hole in the hair on the Friends figs (and the little hair accessories that go with it) and the holes in some System hair and hat pieces (like the pirate hats, the Indiana Jones movie fig with the tiara, etc.)

@Kryiptuunted @ndesAccording the article from Businessweek, girls didn't like the regular minifigures. I don't know why, I find it rather silly, but there we are. Overall, these new girl figs are several steps back from the Belville ones, that had bending knees and elbow joints, like the Technic figs.

Victor FernandezThis is true, but the female demographic they're reaching for, must be rather different than Ted's niece or my sister. When my sister and I built towns growing up, she never showed any sign of hating the minifigs that I remember. If she wanted wanted to play with dolls, she got out her Barbies.

No they don't. Bratz dolls looked skanky. These look like Polly Pockets, rather wholesome. I find all this grousing about why they changed these figures for girls fascinating. You're all overlooking the fact that System Lego is largely perceived as a "boys" toy both by the consumers and Lego. While obviously a handful of girls play with system, Lego hardly has the market dominance of the girl market. This is another step in their on going efforts to invade the other aisles in the toy store. First GAMES and now, the pink aisle.